E Riding the Crane

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Seven thirty PM Los Angeles
And First. Haze, dust from a new building, a
Pile of concrete, a pile of metal
Hanging wires and bright lights, yards

Of fencing, signs lit from behind: were 
It to be that one would leave un-affect
Ed. Behind, the couch, the TV, the liq
Our. No not the wine. A son dis
Solved wife and husband, out nine years.
Last night the ghosts were flying in from San
Bernardino ("H you have a head
Like a potato.") you can add
To this if you want, most won’t, the masses
Typing away in the... surrounding us
Is repetition, "Ah, the subtlest
Sound, tap the dancing and spin it
Around," would you, you take this brick, a
Brick, rusty shovel. He's climbed fourteen
Flights of metal stairs, the mirror, "The
Heightened social corruption
That settles." Swinging to the left, swing
Ing to the right, a full circle. As the
Sun sets. The engine quietly works
While a helicopter circles, opposite.